Avg annual hours billed always lower than min on NALP Forum

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:29 pm

It seems like every firm I look at, average annual associate hours worked is lower than the minimum hours requirement (for the firms that have hours requirements). What gives/what does this mean?

dixiecupdrinking · Post by **dixiecupdrinking** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:47 pm

Either the numbers are fabricated, or they're skewed low by people who leave partway through the year/are on parental leave/etc. Probably a combination of the two factors.

hoos89 · Post by **hoos89** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:02 pm

I wonder if they count stub years in that calculation.

Old Gregg · Post by **Old Gregg** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:45 pm

That calculation is literally one of the worst indicators to work off of. If you want a genuine sense of hours, you need to look at the hours of associates in that practice group at that firm. This can be done by asking about average hours, etc. during a follow-up after receiving a callback. And this is a fine question to ask, though I might frame it less pointedly.

seespotrun · Post by **seespotrun** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:31 am

My theory is that firms include the hours billed by stub years in the numerator to skew the average downward.

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